Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Douglas. Yes, the balloon basket silhouette was a lucky catch. > On Dec 4, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Flare 2 and IR Flare 2 - because of the basket hanging in the air against > the illuminated balloon - for me. > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard L Ritter Jr" <hlritter at > twc.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; <MUGers at > yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2016 9:19 PM > Subject: [Leica] Hot Air Balloons > > >> Every year my little town here outside Raleigh hosts a hot-air balloon >> festival. We went to the evening part of one day?s festivities to see the >> evening ascent and the flaring event, where the pilots of balloons on the >> ground flash their burners to light up the envelopes in a nice light >> show. It occurred to me that these flashes should be rich in infrared, so >> I took the M8 as well as the M240. >> >> One thing I discovered is that IR images made without sunlight are not >> very interesting unless there?s a strong IR source in the frame. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Balloon+Festival/ >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/Balloon+Festival/> >> >> C&C appreciated. >> >> ?howard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information